The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts will host the 2015 Festival of Trees on Saturday, November 28 beginning at 6:30pm at Brown Deer Golf Club, located at 1900 Country Club Drive in Coralville.

This annual event features live and silent auctions of artistically decorated trees and wreaths created by local artists and organizations.  In addition to the auction, the event features heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and performances by City Circle, Young Footliters, and dancing to Rod Pierson's Not-So Big Band.  The popular grab bags will again feature exciting prizes for both children and adults!

Tickets ($25, or 10 for $200) are available at coralvillearts.org, by phone at 319.248.9370, and in person at the CCPA box office and Coralville Recreation Center.

Breakfast with Santa

Families are invited to join Santa at Brown Deer Golf Club for pancakes, fruit, juice, and coffee on the morning of November 28 at 9am or 10:30am, all in the gorgeous atmosphere of the Festival of Trees.  Santa's elves will have crafts, and each family will get to take a picture with Santa, which will be emailed by the following Monday, perfect for holiday cards!

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the event, and are available at coralvillearts.org, by phone at 319.248.9370, and in person at the CCPA box office and Coralville Recreation Center.

Festival of Trees Open House - Friday, November 27 1:00-5:00 pm

Enjoy pie and coffee while you get a special preview of the trees and wreaths created for this year's Festival!  Admission is only $5 at the door at Brown Deer Golf Club.

City Circle Acting Company is the community theater program of the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.  Since 1997, City Circle's mission has been the production of high quality dramatic, musical, and performing art pieces for the enjoyment of the public.  Upcoming City Circle productions include Oliver (December 11-20), Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (February 12-14), and 1776 (April 29-May 8).

Owned and operated by the City of Coralville, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts is dedicated to enriching the community and contributing to the vitality of Coralville by offering an accessible, affordable venue for a variety of performances, presentations, and public and private events.  The 472 seat theater opened August 26, 2011 and has hosted performances from City Circle Acting Company, Orchestra Iowa, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Dan Knight, Lola Astanova, Lorie Line, Judy Carmichael, Jim McDonough, Nolte Academy of Dance, and many others.  Coralville schools are also able to use the Center free of charge up to three times per year. The Center was named 2012 Member of the Year by the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts will host the 2015 Festival of Trees on Saturday, November 28 beginning at 6:30pm at Brown Deer Golf Club, located at 1900 Country Club Drive in Coralville.

This annual event features live and silent auctions of artistically decorated trees and wreaths created by local artists and organizations.  In addition to the auction, the event features heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and performances by City Circle, Young Footliters, and dancing to Rod Pierson's Not-So Big Band.  The popular grab bags will again feature exciting prizes for both children and adults!

Tickets ($25, or 10 for $200) are available at coralvillearts.org, by phone at 319.248.9370, and in person at the CCPA box office and Coralville Recreation Center.

Breakfast with Santa

Families are invited to join Santa at Brown Deer Golf Club for pancakes, fruit, juice, and coffee on the morning of November 28 at 9am or 10:30am, all in the gorgeous atmosphere of the Festival of Trees.  Santa's elves will have crafts, and each family will get to take a picture with Santa, which will be emailed by the following Monday, perfect for holiday cards!

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the event, and are available at coralvillearts.org, by phone at 319.248.9370, and in person at the CCPA box office and Coralville Recreation Center.

City Circle Acting Company is the community theater program of the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.  Since 1997, City Circle's mission has been the production of high quality dramatic, musical, and performing art pieces for the enjoyment of the public.  Upcoming City Circle productions include Oliver (December 11-20), Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (February 12-14), and 1776 (April 29-May 8).

Owned and operated by the City of Coralville, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts is dedicated to enriching the community and contributing to the vitality of Coralville by offering an accessible, affordable venue for a variety of performances, presentations, and public and private events.  The 472 seat theater opened August 26, 2011 and has hosted performances from City Circle Acting Company, Orchestra Iowa, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Dan Knight, Lola Astanova, Lorie Line, Judy Carmichael, Jim McDonough, Nolte Academy of Dance, and many others.  Coralville schools are also able to use the Center free of charge up to three times per year. The Center was named 2012 Member of the Year by the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The Stevie Wonder Tribute concert by BK Davis originally scheduled for this Saturday has been moved to Friday, November 20 at 7:00 PM.  Please disregard earlier releases.  New ticket prices are listed below.

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Steinway Artist BK Davis performs a Stevie Wonder Tribute Friday, November 20 at 7:00 PM at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts

Byron "BK " Davis  Steinway International Artist is returning to Coralville to perform a ninety minute Stevie Wonder tribute.  The performance will take place Friday, November 20 at 7:00 PM.  Tickets are $14-$18, and are available through the CCPA Box Office at 319-248-9370, and online at www.coralvillearts.org.

Davis' Steinway peers are legends such as Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr., Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Elton John  and others. This concert is a must see!

BK Davis is a Steinway International Artist, one of only a few hundred elites amongst the tens of thousands of professional musicians working today. The Steinway International Artist designation is an honor bestowed on pianists with an impressive body of work. Davis' Steinway peers are legends such as Elton John, Billy Joel, Harry Connick, Jr. and Herbie Hancock.

It is no accident that Davis is in such esteemed company. He has been composing and performing music for 40 years. The jazz pianist/singer composed his first song at age 13 and had it performed by a 150-member church choir - that he was directing - on national television a year later.

Born in Davenport, Iowa, home of 20^th century jazz great Bix Beiderbecke, Davis was raised in a musical household. His father, Bishop Ezekiel Davis, conscripted him as a teen to serve as musical director for the seven churches he oversaw, while his mother, Rose Davis, an accomplished vocalist, attended to his vocal and instrumental training. Davis is a multi-instrumentalist who plays more than a dozen instruments besides the piano, including guitar, organ and drums.

He served in the U.S. Army, was honorably discharged, then continued his musical studies at Western Illinois University.

Jazz, R&B, gospel, soul and pop are the genres that propelled Davis to travels around the world. His artistry enticed promoters in Europe, Japan, North America and on the high seas to book him and not one has regretted it.

"What BK has, intellectually, is the capacity to know what the audience wants and when," a Florida club owner said. "He can take you on that magical trip; when it's smooth, he takes you up a hill - then he sets you on fire."

A restless musical intellect, Davis has an impressive and disparate list of accomplishments to his credit:

§  Wrote theme music for the Boy Scouts of America and an Indianapolis 500 race among dozens of commercial jingles that he penned

§  An early adopter of musical independence, he shunned a record contract, created his own company and sold tens of thousands of CDs of his original music

§  Musical and/or choir director for several large churches in the Midwest and on the West Coast

§  Band leader

§  Band member for several well-known artists, such as Johnnie Taylor, BB King and Billy Preston

§  Co-wrote original music with rock and roll legend Little Richard, as well as McFadden and Whitehead, the recording duo best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin Us Now".

Davis' latest project is to pursue the one accolade he hasn't received: a Grammy nomination. He is in the studio composing a new album and negotiating with a major record label for representation so the new album may be eligible for honors by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the body that bestows Grammy awards.

Thursday, October  1, 2015 - Coralville, IA. - Byron "BK " Davis  Steinway International Artist is returning to Coralville to perform a ninety minute Stevie Wonder tribute.  Performances will take place Saturday, October 10 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM.  Tickets are $12-$27, and are available through the CCPA Box Office at 319-248-9370, and online at www.coralvillearts.org.

Davis' Steinway peers are legends such as Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr., Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Elton John  and others. This concert is a must see!

BK Davis is a Steinway International Artist, one of only a few hundred elites amongst the tens of thousands of professional musicians working today. The Steinway International Artist designation is an honor bestowed on pianists with an impressive body of work. Davis' Steinway peers are legends such as Elton John, Billy Joel, Harry Connick, Jr. and Herbie Hancock.

It is no accident that Davis is in such esteemed company. He has been composing and performing music for 40 years. The jazz pianist/singer composed his first song at age 13 and had it performed by a 150-member church choir - that he was directing - on national television a year later.

Born in Davenport, Iowa, home of 20^th century jazz great Bix Beiderbecke, Davis was raised in a musical household. His father, Bishop Ezekiel Davis, conscripted him as a teen to serve as musical director for the seven churches he oversaw, while his mother, Rose Davis, an accomplished vocalist, attended to his vocal and instrumental training. Davis is a multi-instrumentalist who plays more than a dozen instruments besides the piano, including guitar, organ and drums.

He served in the U.S. Army, was honorably discharged, then continued his musical studies at Western Illinois University.

Jazz, R&B, gospel, soul and pop are the genres that propelled Davis to travels around the world. His artistry enticed promoters in Europe, Japan, North America and on the high seas to book him and not one has regretted it.

"What BK has, intellectually, is the capacity to know what the audience wants and when," a Florida club owner said. "He can take you on that magical trip; when it's smooth, he takes you up a hill - then he sets you on fire."

A restless musical intellect, Davis has an impressive and disparate list of accomplishments to his credit:

§  Wrote theme music for the Boy Scouts of America and an Indianapolis 500 race among dozens of commercial jingles that he penned

§  An early adopter of musical independence, he shunned a record contract, created his own company and sold tens of thousands of CDs of his original music

§  Musical and/or choir director for several large churches in the Midwest and on the West Coast

§  Band leader

§  Band member for several well-known artists, such as Johnnie Taylor, BB King and Billy Preston

§  Co-wrote original music with rock and roll legend Little Richard, as well as McFadden and Whitehead, the recording duo best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin Us Now".

Davis' latest project is to pursue the one accolade he hasn't received: a Grammy nomination. He is in the studio composing a new album and negotiating with a major record label for representation so the new album may be eligible for honors by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the body that bestows Grammy awards.

The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts will present a special performance of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company on Sunday, September 20 at 7:30 pm to benefit City Circle Acting Company of Coralville.

Produced by Chris Okiishi and Patrick DuLaney, the show centers around confirmed bachelor Robert on the night of his 35th birthday as he contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks, and even a wedding, his friends -- "those good and crazy people [his] married friends" -- explain the pro's and con's of taking on a spouse.

The production which was the brainchild of Okiishi and DuLaney was performed in early August at a party they hosted at Coralville's North Ridge Paviliion. Last spring they decided to throw a party  and put on a show featuring some of their favorite theatre people. The production is a one-of-a-kind immersive theater experience--combining a party with a performance and will be reprised on stage at the Performing Arts Center. Audience members will be seated on stage with the actors. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

The cast includes Patrick DuLaney, Robyn Calhoun, Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers, Megan Gogerty, Ken Van Egdon, Joe Mosher, Rip Russell, Carrie Houchins-Witt, Mary Rinderspacher, Lindsay Raasch, Victoria Vaughn, Krista Neumann, Emil Rinderspacher, and Adam Kopfman. DuLaney directed the production and Carl Rowles provided music direction.

Matt Falduto wrote in the Iowa Theatre blog after seeing the show, "As you might imagine, the hand picked cast was excellent, easily navigating Stephen Sondheim's challenging score. At the heart of it, the show is about finding someone, a partner, and all the joys and heartbreaks that can come with it. While filled with laugh out loud moments, it can also be an incredibly moving show. This cast handled both sides of that coin wonderfully well."

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at coralvillearts.org or at the Performing Arts Center at 1301 5^th Street in Coralville. Limited seating is available.